Band sampler, embroidered with the Temptation of Adam and Eve

An image of Textiles. Band sampler. Unidentified maker, England/Scotland. The sampler comprises ten horizontal bands which include alphabets, initials 'WS EES dz', the date '1795', a swan, a peacock, a man, a bird, a child, a mound with rabbits, a church, a goose, vase of flowers and the Temptation of Adam and Eve. Linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch. Length 43.5 cm, width 24.1 cm, 1795.

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Textiles. Band sampler. Unidentified maker, England/Scotland. The sampler comprises ten horizontal bands which include alphabets, initials 'WS EES dz', the date '1795', a swan, a peacock, a man, a bird, a child, a mound with rabbits, a church, a goose, vase of flowers and the Temptation of Adam and Eve. Linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, eyelet hole and satin stitch. Length 43.5 cm, width 24.1 cm, 1795.

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Accession Number: T.47-1938
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 611 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 849.63kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 8/1

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18th Century alphabet animal animals band sampler birds children churches cross stitch embroidered embroidery eyelet stitch Fitz_AA geese Georgian goose initial initialled initials letters linen peacock peacock feather peacock tail peacocks polychrome rabbits sampler satin stitch silk silks stitched stitches stitching swans Temptation of Adam textile vase of flowers vases

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